William Wilson of Ambleside.

Size, position, and population considered, it must be allowed that the district of High Furness, in North Lancashire, has produced its fair quota of wrestling celebrities. Foremost comes William Wilson, then Miles Dixonaccording to Professor Wilson, "a match for any cock in Cumberland"his brother James, and Roan and John Long, all men of great stature and power, capable of hurling their opponents

"Off the ground with matchless strength."

Source: Wrestlings and Wrestlers